Were you worried that this wouldn’t be up yet? Did you not think I could keep up this crazy pace? Well, think again! Here’s Day Two of my Frame-A-Day project, and just as importantly, a little background on the image. Some of my frame-a-day images will have a story, some of them won’t.
This image was taken at fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Dayton. One of the organizers was named Chris and we met him while Jen was getting her transplant. For those of you who don’t know, my girlfriend Jen has Cystic Fibrosis and received a double lung transplant about a year ago.
Chris’ wife, Jessica also had CF and was getting her transplant the same night that Jen was. I met him in the waiting room and we stayed in touch throughout the process. Unfortunately, while Jen recovered rather quickly, Jessica didn’t make it.
It had been a while since we had spoken with Chris. But he told us through Facebook that he was holding a CF fundraiser. We went up, and it was really fun. The event was in memory of Jessica and several of her friends made some great speeches about her. It was moving to get to know the people who were close to her. We had never even spoken to her, but because of the coincidental timing of Jen’s transplant, we took her death pretty hard. It was both a symbol of the risks Jen was taking, and at the same time we had to ask ourselves the question, “why did Jen survive the surgery and Jessica not survive?”
On a lighter note, the event was held at the Taj Ma Garaj (garage, garaj… get it) and was full of vintage Porches and Volkswagens.It was definitely geared toward men, hence the mural in the photo below. The film I used for this shot, Kodak UC100, is 100 ISO film. It’s super slow, so shooting inside with it was really tough. Check it out. Tell me what you think.
By the way, it’s really freakin’ hard not to take more than ONE frame. I get one chance a day to make an image that will work for this project. I hunt and hunt or I shoot something early in the day and I’m pissed when I see something better later on. It is tough, but stick with me. Don’t forget to check the Frame-A-Day Flickr Set of these images, it will also be updated daily.
